The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said the eagle was discovered on the Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area near the Coy community in Neshoba County. The eagle was shot sometime between Dec. 1 and Dec. 9.

X-rays confirmed the federally-protected eagle had multiple shot shell pellet wounds in its wings, leg and eye. Authorities say the bald eagle had to be euthanized because of its severe injuries.

The reward is being offered by USFWS, the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust.